In a medium-sized apartment, two cleaning robots could be seen carrying out their tasks. Occasionally, the robots would bump into a young man, but they paid no attention, as if he didn't exist.
"So, have I transmigrated?" the young man said, smiling bitterly.
The young man's name was Fuyuki Nao.
However, this "Fuyuki Nao" was not the original one, but rather a traverser.
The original Fuyuki Nao was an otaku obsessed with the occult. He often visited haunted and eerie places. Unfortunately, during his last exploration of a haunted location, he was cursed, which led to his death.
"I never thought the plot I always mocked and considered fiction would happen to me."
Fuyuki Nao was an otaku who frequently read many books and watched anime, so he wasn't unfamiliar with this kind of plot. However, he had always treated it as fiction and never took it seriously. Now that it had happened to him, he felt a mix of emotions.
"And it's not just a simple transmigration, but..."
At that moment, he looked at the fish aquarium in front of him.
The aquarium contained an elegant arowana fish. The fish was a foot long, with sharp eyes, a pair of dragon-like whiskers dancing up and down, and scales on its body dimly glowing with a golden light.
Judging by its appearance, it was indeed the finest among the arowana!
But what caught his attention wasn't its appearance, but rather the transparent panel in front of him.
[Main Body] Fuyuki Nao
[Vitality] 0.45
[Talent] External Incarnation (Natal Talent)
[Energy Value] 0
...
[Clone] Arowana
[Realm] Weak mutant species
[Talent] None
[Evolution Value] 0/30
Yes, that's right—the arowana in front of him was a part of him, or what could be called his clone.Originally this fish is pet of the past fuyuki
When he first occupied his predecessor's body, he experienced an excruciating headache. Initially, he thought it was the effect of the curse brought by his predecessor, which made him feel a bit hopeless.
This pain continued for three days, leaving him unable to think of anything. Just as he was about to accept his fate, the arowana connected with him, and the pain in his head gradually faded.
As his consciousness returned to his body, that was when he finally realized what had happened.
....
At this moment, Nao's physical condition was rather peculiar.
He could perceive two perspectives simultaneously—one from the human perspective and the other from the arowana's.
Not only that, but even his senses of hearing, touch, smell, and taste were doubled!
Just like now, Nao could feel the cold breeze from the air conditioner while also sensing the dampness of his body submerged in water!
This contradictory contrast almost made Nao nauseous.
However, the feeling didn't last long, as his thoughts were interrupted by a strong sense of hunger.
Hungry!
Very hungry!
Almost starving!
"Hmm?"
"Didn't I just have dinner?"
At this moment, his face showed confusion.
But soon, he realized what was happening.
It wasn't his main body that felt hungry, but his arowana clone!
"Right..."
"It's been three days since I last fed it."
Couldn't fully blame him for not feeding it over the past three days. He had been suffering from an excruciating headache that left him unable to think about anything.
Even on the last day, he couldn't take care of himself, only able to lie in bed clutching his head and occasionally screaming. Fortunately, his room was soundproof enough; otherwise, his neighbors might have thought he had gone mad.
Glancing at his "other self," he went to the refrigerator to get some dried fish.
Returning from the kitchen, he brought back a plastic bag filled with frozen dried fish specially made for arowanas.
Back in his room, he dropped a small piece of dried fish into the aquarium.
Then, his consciousness sank, and the perspective before his eyes shifted instantly.
All that could be seen were green seaweed balls and a piece of dried fish floating and sinking!
The dragon fish swung its body, surged forward, opened its large mouth, and swallowed the dried fish whole.
Its movements were smooth and fluid.
This muscle memory seemed ingrained in its DNA.
As the dried fish entered its mouth, a slightly sweet aroma was conveyed to his main body.
"No fishy smell?"
He was a bit surprised.
It seemed the arowana's sense of taste was somewhat different from a human's.
But then again, this was a good thing!
It meant he wouldn't have to smell fish every day.
As soon as the dried fish entered the arowana's stomach, it immediately turned into a warm current that spread throughout its body.
At that moment, it felt like quenching a deep thirst.
Speed, strength, defense, endurance, recovery, burst power...
There was a slight improvement in all aspects!
The sensation was mystical and strange, like a stress-relief therapy.
Just as he was about to enjoy this feeling, a line of text appeared before him.
[Your arowana clone has successfully gained some evolution value from consuming a large meal...]
[Current accumulated evolution progress: 1/30...]
[Your body has received feedback, increasing your energy value by 0.01 points...]